The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reversed a circuit court’s grant of summary judgment to St. Joseph Recovery Center, LLC dismissing a nurse practitioner’s breach of contract and West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act claims, after SJRC failed to provide her with a severance package when she resigned “for good reason.” The employee contended that because the circuit court found that SJRC had materially breached her employment agreement by failing to pay her on time, its subsequent finding that she didn’t resign because of the late payments was wrong. The state’s highest court held that the circuit ...

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